We’re seeing double Dianas.
The Princess of Wales’s presence was felt on the Met Gala 26 years after she attended the occasion for the primary and solely time — however within the type of her fictional counterparts on Netflix.
Each Emma Corrin and Elizabeth Debicki — who performed the position of Princess Diana on “The Crown” in Season 4 and Season 5 respectively — walked the Met Gala 2022 crimson carpet on Monday evening.
The actual Diana rocked a slinky Dior slip costume for her Met Gala second in 1996, and whereas Debicki didn’t decide to honor her character with an identical outfit, she did go for a similar designer.
Sporting a cream long-sleeved lace robe by Dior, the 31-year-old actress, who will take over the role of Princess Diana within the upcoming season of “The Crown,” seemed appropriately demure for the Gilded Age theme.
Corrin, however, went full-on thematic as she wearing a unusual look impressed by Eighties New York socialite Evander Berry Wall, who was dubbed “King of the Dudes” in the course of the Gilded Age.
Sporting a plaid Miu Miu coat impressed by Wall together with a black waistcoat and shorts over white tights, Corrin — who won a Golden Globe for her portrayal of Diana — added a high hat and a classic Cartier pocket watch, brooch and earrings to finish the historic outfit.
“I’m fairly a powerful believer that the Met Gala theme needs to be adopted, and I assumed it will be a enjoyable alternative to play with references,” Corrin’s stylist, Harry Lambert, told Vogue.
As for the precise princess, her navy Dior quantity was designed by the then-creative director of the French vogue model, John Galliano — a becoming selection for the 1996 theme, which was devoted to the works of Christian Dior.
The looks passed off simply three months after her divorce from Prince Charles, and Diana’s look was a memorable second each by way of pushing the boundaries of royal vogue and setting the priority for what her post-divorce life may appear like.
Although Princess Diana by no means attended the New York occasion once more, her reminiscence on the Met Gala lives on.
